Guardian Cryptic #29395

2024-05-29

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9a

Yogi breaks cane when spankedit’s deviancy (9)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

(Yogi) BERRA breaks *(cane) [anag: when spanked ] Yogi Berra was a famous baseball player and coach.

10a

Backstreet in Paris? Within it, the French and Swiss whizz (5)

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LE ("the" in "French") within <=RUE ("street in Paris", back) Leonhard Euler was an 19th century Swiss mathematician.

11a

Game to don legwear this person’s possibly returned for a fee (7)

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12a

Basic textbooks right to be adopted by 3, 5 and 13? (7)

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13a

Relation of audiobook version of Zola novel? (5)

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14a

Refused or declined to smuggle dope from the east (9)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

ABATED ("declined") to smuggle <=GEN ("dope", from the east , i.e. from right to left)

16a

Clumsily lost Ed Sheeran CD, showing no emotion (4-11)

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19a

London venue millennial’s outside, with Dua Lipa playing (9)

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21a

Pick up £1,000 tip (5)

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22a

This prevents experiments with Spooner’s ideal complexion (4,3)

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23a

Singer of a lot of rock, as well as Gershwin (7)

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24a

Maybe Guardian compiler welcomed by Lady Gaga (5)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

I ("compiler") welcomed by *(lady) [anag: gaga ]

25a

Injured hip? Need package of rare drug (9)

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1d

In the main, one may use this item, roughly cutting bread (7,3)

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THING ("item") + Ca. (circa, so "roughly") cutting BAP ("bread" roll)

2d

Friend, without hesitation, getting Boy’s Own (8)

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PAL ("friend") without (i.e. outside) ER ("hesitation") getting SON ("boy")

3d
21d

Singer of song inspiring an incredible energy (6,6)

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4d

What’s inhaled by queenking’s rolling a joint (4)

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5d

Observer getting excited, tweeting French word that comes up (7,3)

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PEEPING ("tweeting") + <=MOT ("French" for "word", coming up )

6d

Get ticked off like a barrister or a judge? (8)

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7d

Harry Styles, foxier than everyone else (6)

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8d

Flipping painful love for Oedipus (4)

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[ flipping ] <=SORE ("love") Eros was the Greek God of love, and Oedipus was a character in a Greek play, so Eros would have been his god of love.

14d

Worked out base 3 in Asian location (7,3)

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15d

Uninterested in big news for the Spencers in 1981 (10)

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When she became betrothed to the future King Charles in 1981, Diana Spencer's family may well have informed people by saying " DI'S ENGAGED "

17d

Rash son holds former pupil up, and senior ones (4,4)

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HEADY ("rash") + S (son) holding <=OB (old boy, so "former pupil", up )

18d

Shunning company using computers, I see, after trifling returns (8)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

IT (information technology, so "computers") + I + C (see) after <=MERE ("trifling", returns )

20d

Female’s left reeling as life’s a bitch in Hollywood (6)

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21d

See 3

22d

Barber’s poignant adagio band played finally (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

(poignan) T (adagi) O (ban) D (playe) D [ finally ] Refers to Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

23d

Note banks periodically loth to give a bit of capital (4)

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SO ("note") banks [ periodically ] (l) O (t) H